Plant Passport Registration Number: GB147173
  
   
Festuca gigantea is an evergreen grass to around 1m tall with broad, flat, shiny foliage, purple nodes on the stems, and green flowers held elegantly on sparse, arching stems in mid- to late summer.Native and found particularly in damp areas along the Thames near us
usually as fairly isolated bold handsome tussocks with the tall flowers above setting them apart as one of the grandest of grasses.They also occur very occasionally in dry sites,perhaps a legacy of what was flood plain but now drained;they can certainly tolerate drought ,being deep rooted and a form was reputedly planted as one of the mowed White House lawns for this reason. 

Grows in any soil in sun or shade
Comb out dead foliage in early spring
Foliage: Evergreen
Ultimate height: 0.5-1.7 metres
Ultimate spread: 0.1-0.7 metres
Time to ultimate height: 2-5 years
 
Please read our notes before placing the order:
 
1. The pictures in this listing are examples of the available plant at maturity and do not indicate anything in regard to size of plant at the point of sale. You will receive an organically produced young plant grown in a 9cm pot for planting immediately or to grow on (pot removed, when possible, to reduce plastic waste)
2. Seasonal difference in plants: Please be aware if you are new to gardening, that the plants we supply are mostly herbaceous perennials and many go dormant in winter. You may receive what looks like an empty pot or piece of root. This will produce new growth in spring.
3. The date the Royal mail label is bought (tracking number added as sent against your orders) is the date your order is lined up for picking. It is likely to be put into the post a couple of days later.
 
Thank you.
Size of the plants
Plants are mostly grown in 9cm pots so sometimes there is a need to grow on for the first season to see a mature effect only in the second.
Some older supplied pots may be thick with stems but please note at the other extreme rather than not supply we sometimes send bare root divisions of the size we use for our own potting (continued since Covid stock shortage) usually these are pound or so cheaper than a grown pot. Tips for success are sent with all orders.
Slugs in Summer of 2024 (list deletions)
Most gardeners experienced severe damage from slugs and snails due to the extreme wet and a relatively mild winter. Some genera were not just damaged, but the extra stocks destroyed. We may reintroduce gradually some of the most valued, but others previously listed may remain absent for now.